Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Bakers, spring flowers and bought.

1. Fairly early to go to the bakers and buy cinnamon buns for elevensies.

2. She brings a bunch of tight-furled hyacinths and dark red tulips; and some daffodils bound with blue elastic bands -- 'because it ought to have some yellow in it.'

3. The smug pride with which Bettany shows me the slippers that Nick has bought for her because she asked in the supermarket.
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Book cupboard, haws and dinner.

1. My walk over the park takes me past a blue cupboard full of books, free for anyone to take. 2. This year the hawthorn boughs are bent, we...

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